1. Real Time Remote Access Comparing SAS and SPSS David Price Quy Do April 2013

2. SPSSSAS RTRA 1.Read in Data 2.Keep Variables 3.Append data files 4.Merge data files 5.Sample Selection 6.Create new variables 7.Labelling and recoding 8.Frequency tables

3. Reading in Data SPSS SAS

4. Keeping Certain Variables SPSS SAS

5. Append Data Files SPSS SAS

6. Merge Data Files SPSS SAS

7. Sample Selection SPSS SAS

8. Creating New Variables SPSS SAS

9. Labelling and Recoding SPSS SAS

10. Creating Frequency Tables SAS SPSS

11. Research and Programming SPSS SAS 1.Read in Data 2.Merge data files 3.Sample Selection 4.Create new variables 5.Labelling and recoding 6.Frequency tables

12. SAS to RTRA RTRA 1.Read in Data 2.Keep Variables 3.Append data files 4.Merge data files 5.Sample Selection 6.Create new variables 7.Labelling and recoding 8.Frequency tables

13. Reading in Data SAS RTRA Standard Library Name SAS Dataset Name Name of program: LFS20062010_Recession  replaces the directory set by the “libname” statement

14. Creating Frequency Tables %RTRAFreq( InputDataset= work.Recession_2008, OutputName= Recession_Employment, ClassVarList= Gender Employment_Status Education, UserWeight= Finalwt); RTRA SAS

15. SAS Basics Four windows in SAS are available: ◦ Program editor, ◦ Explorer window, ◦ Log window, ◦ Output window. All SAS statements end with a semicolon (;). The “RUN” statement tells SAS to process all preceding program statements. The icon tells SAS to run the code.

16. What’s new for April! A full set of statistics: ◦ Frequencies ◦ Means ◦ Medians ◦ Percentiles ◦ Ratios ◦ Proportions